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Integrating Mindfulness Into School Classrooms, Crystal Chesshire
Integrating Mindfulness Into School Classrooms, Crystal Chesshire
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
This senior capstone research project examines how mindfulness could be integrated into the school classrooms through the use of literature review, interviews with elementary school teachers in the Monterey Bay area and surveys with several students along with one subject participant at the California State University Monterey Bay. As a result, the findings reveal that most students and teachers thought that mindfulness proved to be successful and useful when integrating it with the younger population to deal with their emotions.
"Just Kidding" What Bullies Say, Christina Marie Gumbin
"Just Kidding" What Bullies Say, Christina Marie Gumbin
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
The focus of this Capstone Project is on how present and past staff members of MM Middle School have addressed bullying in their classrooms and what they think could be done to prevent further bullying. This is an important issue for teachers of any grade because bullying affects children at any age. An argument is made that during middle school, bullies tend to say that they are just kidding without knowing why they are bullying. Consideration of the issue, required obtaining the perspectives of the principal and both current and former teachers. Three themes emerged from an analysis of the …
Impacts Of Growing Technology On Students' Reading And Writing Skills, Jacquelyn Ogborn Corpuz
Impacts Of Growing Technology On Students' Reading And Writing Skills, Jacquelyn Ogborn Corpuz
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
Technology has radically changed the ways in which students and teachers function within the classroom. The use of mobile technologies, specifically laptop computers and internet use, has transformed teacher instruction along with student expectations. Given that students have a high exposure to technology in the classroom, especially at the middle school level, this senior capstone examines the impact of growing technology on their reading and writing skills through the use of literature review, teacher interviews and survey, interviews with principals and superintendents, and online teacher survey. The result findings reveal that there are several positive impacts of technology integration on …
No Habla Espanol: Are Monolingual Teachers Getting The Support They Need?, Cristina Benavides
No Habla Espanol: Are Monolingual Teachers Getting The Support They Need?, Cristina Benavides
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
For this Capstone Project, the researchers investigated how monolingual teachers view the support and resources they received to teach English Language Learners (ELL) and what they thought could be done to improve their teaching effectiveness. An evidence based argument is offered that monolingual teachers were not being provided with effective support and resources. More specifically, three themes emerged from an analysis of the data obtained from interviews of monolingual teachers and administrators. Based on the emergent themes, an action was undertaken to help monolingual teachers better address the needs of ELLs. This is an important issue for monolingual teachers because …
Benefits Of Play For The Social And Emotional Development Of Children In Kindergarten, Chelsea Andrade
Benefits Of Play For The Social And Emotional Development Of Children In Kindergarten, Chelsea Andrade
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
There is an increasing push to focus on academics at a young age and take play out of learning. Research shows that play is beneficial for the social and emotional development of children. Play helps children to learn self-control, emotion-regulation, communication, conflict resolution, and so much more. This senior capstone project explored how play is beneficial for the social and emotional development of children in kindergarten. Through a literature review and surveys conducted with fourteen kindergarten teachers in Monterey County, results showed how beneficial play is for kindergarten students. The results from surveys also revealed how teachers in Monterey County …
Environmental Conservation Curriculum For Preschoolers, Veronica Lampreda
Environmental Conservation Curriculum For Preschoolers, Veronica Lampreda
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
Preschool children are often not exposed to the importance of environmental conservation. Preschool curriculum typically focuses on social, physical, emotional, and simple academic lessons such as alphabets and numbers, which overpower any curriculum geared towards environmental conservation. To address the lack of knowledge on this topic in preschool settings, I created a curriculum about the three r’s of environmental conservation; reduce, reuse, recycle. I implemented a three day curriculum to four and five year old children at the Monterey Peninsula College (MPC) Child Development Center, in Monterey, California.
Inclusion And Racial Diversity Curriculum In Preschools, Vanessa Sanchez
Inclusion And Racial Diversity Curriculum In Preschools, Vanessa Sanchez
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
Preschool aged children begin to observe the things that makes individuals different in the world around them. Teachers have the opportunity to teach children the importance of recognizing the differences and accepting towards others who are racially different. Lessons around racial diversity will help children extend their knowledge about others and help develop positive attitudes towards racial diversity . To address the need for preschool aged children to learn about diversity in a positive way, I created a 3 day lesson plan about racial diversity executed at CSUMB child care center.
Importance Of Combining Physical Activity And Health And Wellness In To Physical Education Within Schools., Chandler Mckean
Importance Of Combining Physical Activity And Health And Wellness In To Physical Education Within Schools., Chandler Mckean
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
This senior capstone project brings to light the importance of physical activity and health and wellness education in connecting a child’s mind and internal body, to their physical outer body. This project examines the physical education curriculum in its entirety and displays the current pros and shortcomings in physical education within schools. Today, the education system strives to educate its students to the best of their abilities. This focus has begun to push away non-academic classes, such as physical education, to devote more time and resources in other areas, e.g. math, sciences, and language arts. Through the use of literature …
Cultural Representation In The Classroom, Priscilla R. Rodriguez
Cultural Representation In The Classroom, Priscilla R. Rodriguez
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
The purpose of this paper is to establish the importance of cultural-representation in schools where the majority of the students identify as Latino. The participants for the Capstone Project included a classroom of third-grade students in a public elementary school located on California’s Central Coast. The supporting literature provides additional information on why incorporating culturally-relevant literature is needed. The issue is what books are available to the students that talk about their culture. By providing culturally-relevant books to students in the classroom in hopes to promote a more positive relationship with reading and a personal relationship with attending school. For …
Fostering Social-Emotional Competence In Preschoolers, Celina Waddy
Fostering Social-Emotional Competence In Preschoolers, Celina Waddy
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
In order to form and maintain healthy relationships with peers and adults, preschool-age children must develop the skills needed to manage and express their emotions appropriately. Without these social-emotional competence skills, young children’s success in current and future relationships may be hindered. In order to address preschoolers’ social-emotional competence, I created a 3-day lesson plan, which covers emotion identification, expression, and regulation, and delivered it to a group of preschoolers at the Hartnell Community College Child Development Center in Salinas, California.
Teaching Emotions In Early Childhood, Rocio Anaya
Teaching Emotions In Early Childhood, Rocio Anaya
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
Many preschoolers may not yet be able to identify how they feel and be able to regulate their emotions. These children can experience a hard time expressing their feelings and engage in emotional outbursts that are detrimental to their goals, which also challenge their caregivers. To address this problem among preschoolers, I have created a three-day lesson plan on emotion regulation for children at the Marina Child Development Center in Marina, California.
Disability Awareness In Young Children, Guadalupe Y. Espinoza
Disability Awareness In Young Children, Guadalupe Y. Espinoza
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
Young children who attend schools nowadays are likely exposed to many more types of diversity ranging from race, ethnicity, religion, and social class to name a few in comparison to the past. One area of diversity in specific is the inclusion of individuals with disabilities, and because children are so young in age, they may not be aware of disabilities or even identify when a peer or a surrounding adult has a disability. In schools the idea of raising disability awareness to an extent where students not only understand but recognize disabilities, perhaps, is one of the most challenging aspects …
Increasing Awareness Of Mandated Reporting And Child Abuse, Madison Mulcahyzelenski
Increasing Awareness Of Mandated Reporting And Child Abuse, Madison Mulcahyzelenski
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
Mandated reporting of child abuse and neglect laws were enacted to require reporting of possible abuse or neglect at the earliest possible stage from those who interact with children. However, many individuals in occupations that are mandated to report abuse or neglect do not realize or are not properly informed that their occupation falls under the laws of mandated reporting. To address this lack of awareness, I created one in-service training session for the staff of Morro Bay Aquatics that covered the laws surrounding mandated reporting, how to fill out a suspected abuse report, and how to identify abuse when …
Applying Parental Involvement In Early Literacy, Luis Moya
Applying Parental Involvement In Early Literacy, Luis Moya
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
Early literacy for young children has been linked with academic achievement, reduced grade retention, higher graduation rates, and enhanced productivity in adult life (Monterey County First 5, 2016). Parents may not always know how to engage in literacy development strategies or how they can participate in literacy exposure. Bringing awareness about early literacy parents is a key component to enhancing young children’s development. To address this need,my project will consist of providing an informative presentation about the importance of early literacy with families who attend the Library and Read, Grow, Play program for families with children 0 to 5 at …
Bullying Awareness Within Elementary School Children, Maritsa Garcia Rendon
Bullying Awareness Within Elementary School Children, Maritsa Garcia Rendon
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
Bullying is common in elementary schools and may lead to long-lasting effects for children. Young Children may not be aware of the consequences that bullying may have on themselves and their peers.When bullied, children may not know how to respond and what resources may be available to them.In order to address the lack of bullying awareness, I have created a three-day curriculum about what is bullying and how to help prevent it, which will be delivered to children in a 1st grade class at Calaveras Elementary School in Hollister, California.